[DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Darren Bilby
Okay, this is probably a stupid newbie question but I can't find an answer for it. I've got a MDI application running with a few MDI child forms maximised, I need a modal box to appear and then simply return. I basically just create the form then do a showmodal on it:

RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Patrick Dunford
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darren Bilby Sent: Thursday, 15 April 1999 20:41 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles Okay, this is probably a stupid newbie question but I can't

RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Carl Reynolds
Hmmm... tried doing the same in our MDI application and had no problems (the maximised MDI child forms didn't restore themselves when the non-MDI form was created and shown). What versions of Delphi and Windows are you using? Cheers, Carl Reynolds Ph: +64-9-4154790 CJN

RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Patrick Dunford
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carl Reynolds Sent: Friday, 16 April 1999 09:21 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles Hmmm... tried doing the same in our MDI application and

RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Carl Reynolds
Hi Patrick, Hmmm... tried doing the same in our MDI application and had no problems (the maximised MDI child forms didn't restore themselves when the non-MDI form was created and shown). What versions of Delphi and Windows are you using? No I am referring to switching from one MDI form to

Re: [DUG]: Hints...

1999-04-15 Thread Phil Scadden
I was wondering if any one knew how to pragmatically display a hint window at an x/y co-ordinate on the screen? I'm writing a custom component and want a fly-over hint to pop-up at different places in the component (its a diagram tool and has pseudo-objects drawn in it). I assume the

RE: [DUG]: Hints...

1999-04-15 Thread Cooke, Andrew
Its definitely non-trivial. Have a look at the source - search for THintWindow. If you get stuck, email me privately and I'll fire you some cuts from our source. Cheers, Andrew Cooke. -Original Message- From: Mark Derricutt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 2:04

[DUG]: Hints...

1999-04-15 Thread Alistair George
Here is a little bit of code I wrote that may be useful, it does what you want anyway: var Pstate:word; procedure TCamForm.PopMsgS(PSentstate: word; SMsg: string); var p: TPoint; begin if PSentstate = Pstate then exit; DynaMenu.caption := SMsg; //just use a menuitem here

RE: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles

1999-04-15 Thread Darren Bilby
win98 using Delphi 4 prof. I'm sure there must be a way around it, surely otherwise things like file/save dialogs etc, which seem to just be non modal forms would do the same... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carl Reynolds Sent:

[DUG]: TQuery, TUpdateSQL and Insert

1999-04-15 Thread Paul Lowman
Hi All Anyone tell me how to use a TQuery with an update component to insert a new record. I have managed to do it so far in the following way : with dmGlobal.qryWindLog do begin Close; SQL.Clear; SQL.Add('select * from WINDDATA.DB'); SQL.Add('where